Blog Tour: Famous by Kahlen Aymes + 5* review + excerpt + giveaway

Caden Carlisle is a world-renowned
superstar with good looks, million dollar movie deals and women throwing
themselves at him wherever he goes. He has it all… but wants nothing more than
a normal life without the paparazzi and glitz.

Brooklyn Holloway is an up and
coming starlet with a solid head on her shoulders and her eyes wide open. It’s
all about art for her and she isn’t looking to star in blockbuster films. She’s
perfectly happy keeping a low profile and doing indie projects with a message.

When fate throws the two of them
together on set; both are unprepared for their undeniable connection. Cade is
drawn to Brook’s down-to-earth wholesomeness and she can’t help the
irresistible pull of his good looks, sense of humor and chivalrous ways... So,
when he begins to think he’s in love with her, resisting is next to impossible,
despite being committed to someone else.

Only when filming ends and the
world's fascination with celebrity invades their bubble, can they decide if the
emotions they felt on set were scripted, or forever.

I’d
risen, and he was trying to rush through the crowd toward me, but was having a
hard time making his way around all of the people. Part of me was
thankful for that. I felt trapped, like I’d die an absolute death if I didn’t
make an immediate escape.

I
needed to get out of there fast, or soon, I was going to be a sobbing
mess. I could feel the misery welling up and threatening to overflow.

I
pushed my way through the crowd toward the other end of the bar, toward the
entrance and away from Cade.

"Brook!"
he called. "Brook, wait, please!"

I
kept going, my eyes on Nathan a few yards in front of me. My vision
blurred with tears, but I stumbled through the crowd, pushing my way toward
him.

"Brook!
Bloody hell! Stop!" Cade was beside me, and grabbed my arm.
"Stop... Just wait a second, please."
His voice lowered as he looked at the tears running down my face, his
scent enveloped me. Finally, I had the courage to meet his eyes but my
face crumpled, and I cried hard.

"Cade,
just please, let me go. It's obvious that coming here tonight was a big
mistake." My voice broke, and more tears slipped from my lashes. I
bowed my head when my shoulders began to shake. I couldn’t stop them from doing
that, and it felt humiliating to be standing here, in the middle of a bar, in a
place I’d never been, with a couple of hundred eyes boring into me… and worse,
to witness what I’d just seen.

"Tell
me why you're here," he commanded softly, his finger lifting my chin so I
had to look him in the eyes. He looked sad and anxious. "When
I saw you, I couldn't believe my eyes." His eyes searched my face,
trying to read my mind. "I felt like the earth opened up to swallow
me alive."

I
tried to speak, but nothing came out. I opened my mouth, closed it, and
then shook my head. "It just… It doesn't matter now." I
tried again to pull my arm free.

"Goddamn
it, Brooklyn! Tell me why you're here!" he pleaded, and grabbed my other arm, which
completely prevented me from looking away from his face. We were both
breathing hard; standing motionless; as if there was no one else in the room.

Finally,
I looked away as I struggled for strength to control the tears in my voice.

Maybe if I tell him the truth, he'll let me go.

I
turned back to him. "I came here to tell you that what you saw in those
photos wasn't real, and that I was ending things with David.
That you are who I want to be with." I started to shake, my face
crumpled. Cade took me by the shoulders, and pulled me tightly to his
chest.

"But
from the looks of things, you're doing just fine. It didn't take you
long, did it?" A small sob escaped, as I resumed in earnest.
"I thought I was going to surprise you for your birthday, but it looks
like I'm the one getting the big surprise." I was angry and hurt; my
heart shattered into a million shards that ripped through my flesh and left me
bleeding. I renewed my struggles to get free of him, but he was too strong.
He moved me away a little to look in my eyes, his brow low over his eyes and
his mouth tense.

"Brook,
what was I supposed to think? You never said you
were mine. How was I to know? Those pictures were like
reliving the entire last year as I watched you with him when I wanted you for
myself!"

"After the way it was between us... the way it felt! You saw how my heart was breaking when you left. After
that, how could you doubt me? You don't trust me at all."

My Review

*ARC received in return for an honest review

If, like me, you've missed the mad, mad love between Ryan & Julia in Kahlen Aymes' The Remembrance Trilogy then you really MUST read Famous!

Famous tells the story of Caden Carlisle and Brooklyn Holloway, two actors cast in the main roles of a movie based on The Remembrance Trilogy books.

Caden is a very successful actor, British and HOT. Wherever he goes the paparazzi follows, including his screaming fans.

Brooklyn is a young up and coming actress who is more interested in small movies that mean something to her than the big movie deals, the fame and all it entails.

Caden and Brooklyn are thrown together as they star opposite each other as the main characters, Julia & Ryan, in The Remembrance Trilogy. There is an attraction from the start, at Brooklyn's audition, but the couple try to ignore it, especially as Brook is already involved with someone. As time goes on and Cade and Brook begin to spend more time with each each other on set and off, learning their lines and rehearsing, their feelings for each other develope and become much deeper. They try to deny it to themselves, each other and their fellow cast members but they aren't fooling anyone really.

By the time filming ends they both admit they love each other and decide to try and make a go of it, to see if what they are feeling is real and not just because they've spent the last year wrapped up in a tense and emotional script. But it's still at the back of Brook's mind that they have become Julia and Ryan, and once Cade has time to think, he'll realise that fact and leave. And so the story begins...

Can Cade and Brook overcome all the obstacles thrown in their way, including an actress who wants Cade for herself no matter what, to have the same mad, mad love that their characters have?

I really liked the way the story starts, with Cade and Brook already trying to hide their feelings for each other. Their chemistry is just as hot, and their feelings as deep, as the characters they are portraying. So much so, that I have to admit I did confuse them with Ryan and Julia a few times, especially when they deliberately quoted lines from the book to each other to prove how much they loved each other.

It's hard to think about Cade without thinking of Ryan, I almost felt like I was cheating on Ryan. I loved the way Cade was so caring and attentative to Brook's needs, always thinking of her and how she felt. He wasn't afraid to show his emotions. That man can do no wrong in my eyes. He sings, he plays the guitar, he's sexy and he's hot. He's the perfect boyfriend *sighs*

Kahlen Aymes is great at weaving a beautiful and heartfelt love story with a lot of angst thrown in (not to mention hot, steamy scenes) and Famous is no different, although I suspect there is a lot more angst to come in the second book, More Than Famous, and I can't wait!

Go 1-click today and meet your next book boyfriend.

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About the Author

I’m a single mother of one
daughter, Olivia. She’s amazing in every way.

I was born in the Midwestern United
States and educated at a private university where I received a Bachelor’s
degree in Marketing and Business Administration.

I’ve always been creative with art,
music, theater and writing. I decided to write a story as a way to build a
network for a business venture. The reader support of my stories and my
overwhelming desire to find out where my characters would take me, soon had the
writing morphing the business. No one was more shocked than I. When readers
began nominating my work for online awards, it took my breath away and only
made me love it more. It soon became clear that writing was, and should be, my
focus.